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Confiteor

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Con·fi·te·or  (kn-ft-r, -ôr)
n.
A prayer in which confession of sins is made.

[Latin Cnfiteor, I confess, the first word of the prayer, first person sing. present tense of confitr, to acknowledge; see confess.]

Confiteor [kənˈfɪtɪˌɔː]
n
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a prayer consisting of a general confession of sinfulness and an entreaty for forgiveness
[from Latin: I confess; from the beginning of the Latin prayer of confession]


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17) Some of these works carnivalize the confiteor or general confession of sins, a prayer that was recited in preparation for mass.
In the difficult Confiteor section, however, the choir's clarity was superb, particularly at the end where the singing is a capella.
Of the 17 choruses, nine are set for five voices (SSATB) in the Italian Baroque choral tradition: Kyrie I, Gloria, Et in terra pax, Cum sancto Spirito, Credo I, Et incarnatus, Et resurrexit, Confiteor, and Et expecto.
 
 
 
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